{"id":1025,"date":"2023-04-29T00:06:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T23:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/?page_id=1025"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:08:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1025\" class=\"elementor elementor-1025\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d847d61 elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d847d61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a945c5d\" data-id=\"a945c5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8dca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac8dca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-11.24.00-PM-1024x573.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1351\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-11.24.00-PM-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-11.24.00-PM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-11.24.00-PM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/thefauxfrenchgirl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-07-at-11.24.00-PM.png 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3adb91 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3adb91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Rachel Gates is a writer, entrepreneur, and life-long Francophile. 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